Favorite Books of the Year

1. Fables: The Witches
2. The Magicians by Lev Grossman
3. The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins
4. Sunshine by Robin McKInley
5. Timeless by Gail Carriger
6. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
7. Allison Hewitt is Trapped / Sadie Walker is Stranded by Madeleine Roux
8. The Lost Hero / Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
9. His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
10. Newsflesh trilogy by Mira Grant

Honorable Mentions: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Persuasion and Northanger Abbeyby Jane Austen and The Importance of Being Earnestby Oscar Wilde.  Since these are rereads, I decided not to put them in my Top 10 (seems like cheating a bit).  But that doesn't mean that I didn't just love these.  Check them out if you've never read.

Total Books Read -- 184 books

Total Pages Read -- 58,309 pages

I averaged 4859 pages per month.  My lowest month was August with 2751 pages (health issues).  My highest month was January with 7005 pages.  I hope to read 60,000 pages next year.

Book Rating Stats -- I may have to get a bit stricter about my ratings.  They seem a bit top heavy.  Or maybe I really have bene reading some great books.

• 5 stars -- 100 books
• 4 stars --  57 books
• 3 stars -- 18 books
• 2 stars -- 9 books
• 1 star -- 0 books

Special Projects/Features

Readathons -- 11 total completed!  I wanted to complete at least one a quarter, and I definitely accomplished that.  For the start of 2013, I have already committed to Bout of Books 6.0 and am possibly hosting a challenge.

• January -- Bout of Books and Winter's Respite
• April -- Spring into Horror
• May -- Bout of Books
• July -- High Summer and Once Upon a Readathon
• August -- Labor Day and Bout of Books
• October -- FrightFall
• December -- Book Drunkard Readathon and Book Club Bash Readathon

Bloggiesta in September -- I finally joined the fun.  I've gotten to the point where i need to take a break from time to time to work behind the scenes of the blog.  This was such a great opportunity to accomplish just that.  I'm sure I'll be joining in on the fun in the spring.

Day Zero Project  -- I don't think I'll finish it all, but I do love having goals.

Quote Wednesday -- I got back into the swing of Quote Wednesday this year and want to keep my momentum.

Music Monday -- This year was a ton of My Years music posts.  Next year I will be highlighting my favorite songs.  I still really really love this feature.

Top Ten Tuesday -- I got back in the swing of things, and also become more picky.  I didn't do every Tuesday list,  but picked the ones I really wanted to do.  This helped me keep excited about participating.

Reading Challenges

• Goodreads -- 175/175  100%
• Semi-Charmed -- 9/14  60%
• Zombies -- 24/24  100%
• Young Adult -- 12/12  100%
• Vampires -- 10/10  100%
• Fantasy -- 10/10 100%
• Romance -- 10/10  100%
• Telling Tales --  10/10  100%
• Historical Fiction -- 10/10 100%
• Graphic Novel --  20/20  100%
• Shakespeare -- 12/12  100%
• SciFi -- 5/5 100%
• Outlander -- 0/5 0%
• Mixing It Up --  16/16  100%
• Back to the Classics --  9/9 100%
• Harry Potter --  7/7  100%
• Fables -- 5/5  100%
• Read Your Name --  23/23  100%
• A to Z -- 24/26  92.3%
• What's In a Name -- 6/6 100%
• Support Your Local Library -- 37/37  100%
• Mount TBR --  95/150  63.3%
• Dewey Decimal -- 27/38  71.1 %
• Books2Movies -- 20/20  100%
• My Years -- 22/30  73.3%
• Color Coded -- 6/9  66.7%

Total: 19/26  challenges   73% done

Total: 654/743  slots    88% done

Overall Thoughts/Reflections/Musings/Ideas

2012 was a great reading year.  I got more organized and read some great books.  I participated a good number of readathons and challenges.  And I even got back into some of my regular features.  Overall, I am super excited about my accomplishments.  For 2013, I am trying to change up my reading challenges and branch out a bit.  Here's to the new year!